A quirk of fate makes Anne Beauchamp the sole heiress to the greatest Lancastrian fortune in 15th-century England; that of the Earls of Warwick. Her husband is Richard Neville, whom she regards as her inferior both in birth and importance. But she underestimates him, for the gaining of the Warwick earldom fires him with a boundless ambition. The Wars of the Roses bring Richard to the forefront and Anne soon realizes that her Lancastrian fortune is being used to support the Yorkist cause. Richard’s dazzling success and magnetic character earn him the nickname ‘the Kingmaker’, and make him the real strength behind the new Yorkist King.
Anne stands in her husband’s shadow, a proud, beautiful woman who is filled with resentment. She is. however. destined to fall in love with a Neville her husband’s brother John. This is the story of that dangerous love, the discovery of which would be a powerful tool in the hands of Richard’s many enemies. Above all it is the story of Anne, wife to the ‘Kingmaker’.
A quirk of fate makes Anne Beauchamp the sole heiress to the greatest Lancastrian fortune in 15th-century England; that of the Earls of Warwick. Her husband is Richard Neville, whom she regards as her inferior both in birth and importance. But she underestimates him, for the gaining of the Warwick earldom fires him with a boundless ambition. The Wars of the Roses bring Richard to the forefront and Anne soon realizes that her Lancastrian fortune is being used to support the Yorkist cause. Richard’s dazzling success and magnetic character earn him the nickname ‘the Kingmaker’, and make him the real strength behind the new Yorkist King.
Anne stands in her husband’s shadow, a proud, beautiful woman who is filled with resentment. She is. however. destined to fall in love with a Neville her husband’s brother John. This is the story of that dangerous love, the discovery of which would be a powerful tool in the hands of Richard’s many enemies. Above all it is the story of Anne, wife to the ‘Kingmaker’.